Friction-clutch.



No. 730,767. PATENTED JUNE 9,1903. A'. HBRISSON.

FRIGTION CLUTCH.

APPLICATION IILED 1320.80. 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 9, 1903.

ALBERT HERISSON, OF NIMES, FRANCE.

FRICTION-CLUTCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,767, dated June 9, 1903.

Application filed December 30, 1902. Serial No. 137,189. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HERIssoN, engineer, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at 2'Place de lEsplanade, Nimes, Gard France, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Friction-Clutches, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to friction-clutches, and has for its 'object to provide a clutch of this character which is simple in construction and durable and efficient in action.

The invention comprises a cup loosely with said cup to transmit the motion of said cup to said shaft.

The invention particularly resides in novel means for throwing said friction element into engagement with said cup and for releasing it from its engagement therewith.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detail description and will be set forth in the claims.

In the drawings forminga part of this specification, Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view, partly in elevation, of my improved friction-clutch; and Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line A B of Fig. l.

Like reference characters indicate like parts in the two figures of the drawings.

The reference-letter a indicates the shaft to which rotation is to be imparted. Mounted upon the shaft a is a'cup o, which is provided with a conical extension w and a gear-Wheel y. Attached to the conical extension w of the cup c is a second cup 0:, which rotates4 with the cup c and is hermetically connected thereto. The cups o and x are loosely mounted upon the shaft c, so that they can be rotated thereupon Without transmitting motion to the shaft a unless they are geared thereto, as will be hereinafterfdescribed. Motion is transmitted to the cup Iv through the gear-- wheel y from any suitable source of power. It will be understood, of course, that other means than the gear-wheel g/ may be provided for transmitting motion to the cup o.

-shaft t' is rotated on the sleeve j.

Rigidly mounted upon theshaft a, so as to revolve therewith, is a sleevej, in which is mounted a shaft e', which extends in a direction transverse to the axis of the shaft a. The shaft t' freely revolves in a socket in the sleeve 7' and is screw-threaded at its outer end, as shown in Fig. l.

Rigidly attached to the inner end of the shaft c' is a bevel-wheel h, through which said Mounted upon the screw-threads of the shaft i is a nut Je, which is provided with a notch fitting over a projection 2 on an arm n, Which is rigid on thesleevej. By providing the nut 7c with a notch fitting over the projection m said nut is prevented from rotating and is only permitted to move in a longitudinal direction on the shaft as said shaft is rotated by means of the bevel-wheel h in a manner hereinafter to be described.

Surrounding the sleevej is a second sleeve r, which is provided with an outwardly-extending arm q. It Will be observed that the sleeve r is provided with an aperture for the passage of the shaft 2'.. Attached to the outer end of the arm q on the sleeve r is a friction element p in the form of a circular band, which extends around the inner periphery of the cup U and is provided with a series of segmental friction-pieces u, as shown in Fig. 2. Passing transversely through the arm q of the sleeve r is an adjusting-screw s, the head of which abuts against a projection ton the arm n of the sleevej. By turning this nut s in one direction or the other the arm q will be adjusted toward or from the projection t, and the tension of the friction element p will be regulated as desired. Attached to the end of the friction element p, opposite to the arm q, isa short rod 0, which is journaled to said friction element -pj at one end, as shown, and is journaled at its opposite end to the nut 7c on the shaft t', as isclearlyshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Loosely mounted Aupon the shaft a is a sleeve cl, which is provided at one end with a conical projection b. the outer periphery of the conical projection b is of approximately the same diameter as the inner periphery of the conical extension It will be observed that ICO w of the cup e. The sleeve d extends between the cup and the shaft tt, as shown in Fig. l, and it will be understood that the cup freely revolves upon the sleeve d. The

sleeve d is movable in a longitudinal direc! tion upon the shaft a by means of a forked lever (not shown) fitting into the contracted portion e of the sleeve d. At the end of the sleeve d, adjacent to the conical extension l?, is a plurality of claws e, which engage the claws of a sleeve f, that is loosely mounted upon the shaft a, and rotate said sleevej'with the sleeve d. The sleeve f is provided with a bevel-Wheel g, which meshes with the bevelwheel h, rigidly mounted on the shaft t'.

Adjacent to the end c of the sleeve d is a spring z, which is spirally wound on the shaft ct. One end of the springe' is rigidly connected to the end c of the sleeve d, and the other end of said spring is rigidly attached to the shaft a, as shown.

Constructed as above described the operation of my clutch mechanism is as follows: The cup b, with the cup m hermetically attached thereto, is rotated by any suitable means, such as a motor or the like, and it is intended that the motion of the cup 'u shall be transmitted to the shaft a. In order to effect this result, the forked lever, which engages the contracted portion c of the sleeve cl, is moved to the right, so as to throw lthe conical extension b on the sleeve d into engagement with the conical portion w of the cup fu. This action causes the conical extension l) and the sleeve d to rotate with the cup c, and the rotation of the sleeve d causesthe rotation of the sleeve f and bevel-Wheel g. The bevel-wheel g. in turn rotates the bevel- Wheel h and shaft i, which rotation of the shaft 1l causes the nut k to move outwardly thereupon and through the rod o press the friction element@ against the inner periphery of the cup c, as will be readily understood. This engagement of the friction memberp with the inner periphery of the cup t will transmitthe motion of the cup U to the shaft o, through the sleevej and shaft t'.

It will be understood that when the conical extension Z1 of the sleeve d is Iirst thrown into engagement with the inner periphery of the conical extension tu and before the nut 7c has been operated through the bevel-Wheels g and h to throw the friction element 19 into engagement with the cup fu, thus operating the shaft at, the sleeve d will make one or more revolutions upon the shaft ct before the friction memberjp eectually engages the cup c, and these revolutions of the sleeve d on the shaft d serve to place the spring ,e under tension. When it is desired to disengage the friction element p from the cup c and cease transmitting the motion of the cup c to the shaft a, it is only'necessary to move the lever which engages the contracted portion of the sleeve d to the left. This motion causes the conical extension b on the sleeve d to move away from the conical extension w of vthe cup e, and as soon as said sleeve CZ is disengaged from the extension w the tension of the spring e' operates to rotate said sleeve d in the reverse direction, and this reverse rotation of the sleeve dserves through the bevelwheels g and h to rotate the shaft il in thereverse direction, move the nut 7a inwardly,and release the engagement of the friction member p with the inner periphery of the cup fv.-

By hermetically connecting the cup 0; to the cup fu, as described, I provide an oilchamber which is effective in lubricating the different parts of my improved clutch.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a friction-clutch the combination of a shaft,a transversely-extending screw-threaded shaft revolubly mounted onk said first-mentioned shaft, a nut on said screw-threaded shaft, means for preventing rotation of said nut while permitting longitudinal movement thereof on said screw-threaded shaft, a friction element connected at one end with said first-mentioned shaft, and at the other end with the nut on said transversely-extending screw-threaded shaft, a bevel-wheel rigidly mounted on said screw threaded shaft, a sleeve loosely mounted on said first-mentioned shaft, a bevel-wheel on said sleeve meshing with the bevel-wheel on said screw-threaded shaft,a friction-clutch member loosely mounted on said rst-mentioned shaft, and means for throwing said sleeve and said clutch mem ber into engagement with each other.

2. In a friction-clutch the combination of a shaft, a sleeve rigidly mounted on said shaft, a screw-threaded shaft revolubly mounted on said sleeve, a nut on said screw threaded shaft, means for preventing rotation of said nut while permitting longitudinal movement thereof on said screw-threaded shaft, a second sleeve surrounding said first-mentioned sleeve, and havingan aperture through which said screw-threaded shaft extends, an arm on said second sleeve, an adj usting-screw eX- tendingthrough the arm of said second sleeve and abutting against the arm on said firstmentioned sleeve, a friction element connected at one end with the arm on said second sleeve and at the other end With the nut on said screw-threaded shaft, a bevel-gear rigidly connected with said screw threaded shaft, a third sleeve loosely mounted on said first-.mentioned shaft, a bevel-gear on said third sleeve, a fourth sleeve loosely mounted on said first-mentioned shaft, a conical eX- tension on said fourth sleeve, means for imparting the rotation of said fourth sleeve to said third sleeve, a spiral spring connected at one end to said fourth sleeve and at the other end to said first-mentioned shaft, means for moving said fourth sleeve longitudinally on said first-mentioned shaft so as to throw it into and out of engagement with said third IOS IIO

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sleeve, a friction -cup loosely mounted on In testimony whereof I have hereunto set said' first-mentioned shaft, a, bevel-Wheel on my hond in presence of two subscribing Witsaid friction-cup, a conical extension on said nesses.

friction-cup, and a, second cup surrounding ALBERT HERISSON. 5 said fourthsleeveaudhermeticallyconneoted Witnesses:

to the conical extension of said irst-men- EDWARD P. MACLEAN,

tioned cup. l EMILE KLOBE.A 

